In parts of Wisconsin, parking garages are called parking ramps. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Parking Garage vs. Parking Ramp” Grant, suppose I’m giving you directions to my office and I say, look for the parking ramp and leave...
tank n.— «The caddies work six days a week, assigned at “the bench” above Sankaty’s parking lot. Carrying one bag—a tank in camp parlance—nets $70, in addition to a tip that averages about $20.» —“At Camp Sankaty Head, Young Caddies Learn to Carry...
jew parking
n.— «Jew Parking is believed to be derogatory term for taking up more than one parking space.» —“Facebook removes group mocking ‘Jew parking’ in Australia” Haaretz (Tel Aviv, Israel) Dec. 10, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
slumper n.— «A Linden police officer was dispatched to the back parking lot of a bar on North Bridge Street in reference to a “slumper,” according to Police Chief Pete VanDriessche. The police chief said a slumper is someone who has passed out from...
turfcrete n.— «Residents would have to use asphalt, cement, bricks or something called “turfcrete” for their new parking spots, and the spots would have to be perpendicular to the roadway instead of parallel.» —“Planners deadlock on looser yard...
weird stacking n.— «Ms. Reel and others had noticed a curious byproduct of the parking experiment, a phenomenon perhaps already studied by transportation specialists. She called it “weird stacking,” the notion that cars left on a street create...
